News, News, News, and Sunshine

It's been quite awhile, and for that we're both sorry. But we have good reason, I promise.

March has been a month of exciting news, and I've been a bit of a tease about everything. Not because I wanted to toy with your collective emotions; but because I didn't want to announce something awesome and then have it turn out to be made of suck. I'm glad to say that has not been the case.

And now, Good News. In the order it occurred:

* I was offered (and accepted) the lead in a feature length film! I'll be playing a spicy/strong cop in an upcoming slasher flick produced by Yellow Ape Productions. We're keeping a pretty tight lid on most of the details, for good reason, but I'll share as I'm able to.

* I was offered, accepted, and began working with CUNY's School of Professional Studies in concert with the NYC Office of Emergency Management as the Content Manager for customization and development work on Sahana Disaster Management software. To say I'm excited would be a massive understatement. I just wrapped up my first week with them and the project is engaging, the people are awesome, and the work is enough of a challenge that I wont be bored. (And you know how I feel about being bored...)

Those are the big things. The response to Venture has been incredibly positive; so fans of the book will be happy to know I started working on book 2, mostly because my brain wouldn't let me write anything else creative. We're planning to take a much longer creative process this time around; partly because the book will be longer and partly because we had to rush so much last time.

We're getting a bite of spring this week in NYC and I'm going to be out on a rooftop filming all afternoon and enjoying it. I hope you are too.

-D McC

6 Months, Checking In

Just a quick note before running out the door today: it's been 6 months since we moved to NYC as of today. We're doing great, I love it here, and John's doing wonderful at his job.

Oh - and 6 months since I quit smoking (yup... that's right... I was a smoker). 3rd best decision of my life.

Off to catch a train...

Slice It Up

Kudos to my friend Jennifer's comedy group, Candy Slice, who were given some love by Perez Hilton yesterday. Here's the video that's getting attention.



They're trying to get a nod from the ECNY Awards 2009, so if you like them give them a nomination!

You know, for all my chatter about indi artists and the need to support them... I'm just a nerd girl who thinks this is cool.

~DMcC

Bought Boxes Yesterday

The packing frenzy is off to a slow start in the McCullough household. We're a whopping 5 boxes in and it's mostly books. For our first 3 years together we moved a LOT: the longest we were in one place was 9 months during the school year and the shortest was a matter of weeks while company housing was being prepped at a theatre. So it's a little odd to have been here for 2 years and now have to un-trench ourselves.

I'm also enjoying the realization that I've been making little promises to myself about this move. I'll sort stuff and actually label all the boxes. I'll throw things away. Man - I never knew throwing stuff away could feel so GOOD! Being that we've been together since both of us lived in dorm rooms we have a lot of junk that was collected as we got our first few apartments: shelves from good will, a shoddy DVD rack we use to hold plays, a mix of chairs and other furniture hand-me-downs. Now that we'll both have jobs and we're planning on buying real big-kid furnishings they're all going to Mr. Dumpster.

My favorite so far was heaving the bookshelf. It's been broken for 3 years and the top warped from a bad plant-sitter while we were on our honeymoon. Ugly doesn't being to describe. All of its contents went into a box and it went away - and I felt a great sense of relief and accomplishment:

This is really happening. We're really going to move to New York. I'm really going to work from home and take some acting classes. John's really going to have his dream job.

I'd forgotten in our 2 years in this place and our 3 years in New Haven, that moving isn't just about taking your stuff somewhere else. It's about new beginnings and possibilities. And I am so completely ready for ours.